be a highly infectious virus rather than a war. Not missiles, but microbes. Now, part of the reason for this is that we've invested a huge amount in nuclear deterrents. But we've actually invested very little in a system to stop an epidemic. We're not ready for the next epidemic....
The HIV pandemichas killed over 39 million people since 1982.16However, with the availability of effective HIV treatment, it is no longer considered a pandemic. It is an epidemic or hyperendemic in specific regions. The swine flu pandemicwas an outbreak of H1N1influenzain the United States in 2...
Currently,the world is facing an epidemic (流行病) due to what is considered to be among the most dangerous viruses that humanity has ever faced-the Ebola bleeding virus.Though there were announcements about experimental treatments that were reported to be successful in terms of treating the virus...
An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time. For example, in meningococcal infections, an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered an epidemic. What is a pa...
An epidemic is an outbreak that spreads over a larger geographical area. Examples include Zika virus, starting in Brazil in 2014 and spreading to most of Latin America and the Caribbean; the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which was large enough to be considered an epidemic; and the...
如果一场epidemic得不到控制,并让它不断蔓延开来,公共卫生官员可能就要开始称之为pandemic,意思是 it’s affected enough people in different areas of the world to be considered a global outbreak(这场流行病已经影响到世界不同地区足够多的人,到了全球性暴发的程度)。 简而言之,pandemic就是全球性的流行病。
is typically transmitted by contaminated food or water. In areas with poor treatment of sewage and drinking water, the feces of people with cholera can enter the water supply and spread quickly, resulting in an epidemic. The cholera bacterium may also live in the environment in some coastal ...
Owing to the epidemic, traditional Chinese medicine is brought to public attention with more and more people showing a keen interest in it. It has been introduced to many countries around the world. As we all know, traditional Chinese medici...
An outbreak of infection is considered a pandemic when it grows very fast. It starts out slowly at first and then takes off. Sometimes, people call this type of growth exponential. For an outbreak to be a pandemic, it also has to affect lots of people in many countries or even continents...
There may be a fine line distinguishing an epidemic from a pandemic. For example, the Ebola virus, which killed thousands of people from 2013 to 2016 in West Africa, was considered an epidemic because it was confined to one region.